British Library

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The British Library is the United Kingdom’s national library and one of the world’s largest research libraries, renowned for its vast collections of books, manuscripts, and historical documents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national library
research library
buildingStyle Modernist
collectionSizeBooksApprox 25 million
collectionSizeItemsApprox 170 million
collects books
digital publications
manuscripts
maps
music scores
newspapers
patents
sound recordings
stamps
country United Kingdom
createdBy Acts of Parliament
surface form: British Library Act 1972
established 1973
fundedBy UK government
governedBy Board of the British Library
hasBranch Boston Spa site, West Yorkshire
hasBuildingArchitect Colin St John Wilson
hasCollection Asia, Africa and Middle East collections
Beowulf
surface form: Beowulf manuscript

Business and IP collections
Codex Sinaiticus
surface form: Codex Sinaiticus (major portion)

Gutenberg Bible copies
India Office Records
British Library self-linksurface differs
surface form: King’s Library collection

Leonardo da Vinci notebooks
Lindisfarne Gospels
Magna Carta
surface form: Magna Carta manuscripts

Maps collection
Newspaper collections
Philatelic collections
Shakespeare quartos
Sound Archive
The Beatles manuscripts
hasConservationCentre Yes
hasDigitalLibrary Yes
hasExhibitionSpace Yes
hasFunction act as copyright library
preserve national published output
provide public access to collections
support research
hasLegalDepositLibrariesNetwork Yes
hasOnlineCatalogue Yes
hasPermanentGallery Treasures Gallery
hasReadingRooms Yes
hasResearchServices Yes
hasWebsite https://www.bl.uk/
legalDepositLibraryFor United Kingdom
legalDepositStatusSince 1973
locatedIn England
London, England
surface form: London
mainBuildingLocation London St Pancras International
surface form: St Pancras, London
openedToPublic 1997
predecessor British Museum
surface form: British Museum Library

National Central Library
British Library self-linksurface differs
surface form: National Lending Library for Science and Technology

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Purity manuscriptLocation British Library
Cotton Library locatedIn British Library
Sir Robert Cotton collectionNowPartOf British Library
Cotton collection catalogue heldBy British Library
Cotton collection catalogue repository British Library
Annales Cambriae preservedIn British Library
manuscripts of Isaac Newton heldBy British Library
manuscripts of Lord Byron heldBy British Library
Michael Field (pen name of Edith Cooper and Katherine Bradley) archivalMaterialAt British Library
subject surface form: Michael Field
Roland Michell worksAt British Library
Caligula A.ix heldBy British Library
Caligula A.ix repository British Library
this entity surface form: British Library, London